Search Details

Word: nicely (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...streets. In a fight between a group of Hmong and several blacks, one Hmong had both his legs broken and his skull fractured. Less schooled in urban survival than the Koreans and Vietnamese, the Hmong began to move away. Says Chuck Moua: "We are trying to be nice and friendly, but we have got into trouble...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Blacks Resentment Tinged with Envy | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...Therese expect their children to live at home until they wed and hope to arrange marriages for their daughters after they finish college. But the girls are already balking. Says Jennifer: "If the decision is up to them, they'd choose a smart man in business. I want a nice, funny man who will not always worry about his work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Caught Between Two Worlds for Children, | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

...hijackers into releasing three "Greeks," including Folk Singer Demis Roussos. The others turned out to be the singer's American secretary, Pamela Smith, and an American of Greek descent, Arthur Targotsidis, 18, of Brockton, Mass. Roussos burbled with good feelings as he told reporters that the gunmen were "so nice to me, I cannot tell you." In fact, said Roussos, he had sung for his captors at their request, and they had presented him with a cake on his 39th birthday, which had occurred on the second day of the hijacking...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hijack Victims: We Are Continuously Surrounded | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...fireplace into a SPOOKY CHAMBER! Elude the clutches of an EVIL ITALIAN GANG! See the underground WATERFALL, the infernal CANNONBALL, the DEATH ORGAN and the very many SKELETONS! Hurtle down the FLUME to the cavern containing a genuine imitation 17th century PIRATE SHIP! Get out ALIVE! (And have a nice day.) As in any fun house, the pleasures here are as subtle as a rattrap sprung on a boy's foot. Dense, oppressively frenetic, heavy on the slapstick and low on the charm meter, the film asks to be experienced, not cherished. This efficient thrill machine contains gag homages...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: This Way to the Children's Crusade | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

...eccentric scientist (Christopher Lloyd), has fashioned a De Lorean car into a functioning time machine. Suddenly, Marty finds himself in 1955, in the bedroom of the 17-year-old girl (Lea Thompson) who will be his mother, if -- big if -- he can deflect her crush on him toward the nice-guy nerd (Crispin Glover) who will be his father. All clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: This Way to the Children's Crusade | 7/1/1985 | See Source »

Previous | 187 | 188 | 189 | 190 | 191 | 192 | 193 | 194 | 195 | 196 | 197 | 198 | 199 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 203 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 207 | Next